A George III mahogany and painted side table
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A George III mahogany and painted side table
in the manner of Thomas Chippendale
The rectangular top inlaid with ebonised lines above a fluted frieze and central projecting tablet, on square section tapering panelled legs with riband and husk decoration headed by paterae, on block feet, the painted decoration over several other layers, 153cm wide, 73cm deep, 81cm high (60" wide, 28.5" deep, 31.5" high).
Sold for £2,500 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • The use of the fluted frieze, carved oval paterae, square section leg and block foot along with the projecting central tablet to the frieze relate to features on the dining room sideboard supplied by Thomas Chippendale in circa 1766 to Ninian Home for the dining room at Parton House, Berwickshire, Scotland, illustrated in C.Gilbert, The Life and Works of Thomas Chippendale, London 1978, Vol.II, p.193, fig.351 and are typical of the restrained antique or Roman style of Chippendale's workshop in the 1770's.

    Related serving tables include a six legged example in mahogany sold Christie's London, 14 June 2001, lot 130 and a further mahogany example thought to have been supplied to Daniel Lascelles (d.1794) for Goldsborough Hall, Yorkshire which was sold Christie's London, 29 November 2001, lot 119.

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